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enA New Wildfire Sends Smoke Up Near Mammoth Mountainhttps://mammothtimes.com/content/new-wildfire-sends-smoke-near-mammoth-mountain
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_5073.jpg?itok=mv9rKKpU"><a href="/content/new-wildfire-sends-smoke-near-mammoth-mountain"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_5073.jpg?itok=mv9rKKpU" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="Smoke from the newly-active Lost Fire rises from behind Mammoth Mountain on the afternoon of Oct. 17. The fire is at 22 acres, was started by lightning on Oct. 2 and, is not threatening life or property. Photo by Wendilyn Grasseschi" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Another wildfire is burning near Reds Meadow Valley, after a long-dormant lightning strike grew to 22 acres. The fire is burning in wilderness and is not threatening life or property.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:09:32 +0000editor58074 at https://mammothtimes.comDWP Holds "Scoping" Meeting Sept 26 on Upcoming Environmental Review on Dewatered Meadowshttps://mammothtimes.com/content/dwp-holds-scoping-meeting-sept-26-upcoming-environmental-review-dewatered-meadows
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Picture%202.jpg?itok=qhSHjBPl"><a href="/content/dwp-holds-scoping-meeting-sept-26-upcoming-environmental-review-dewatered-meadows"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Picture%202.jpg?itok=qhSHjBPl" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="A DWP drone that crashed on a de-watered meadow a few weeks ago started a fire on previously lush, green meadowland before it was stopped at about ten acres. The agency will hold a meeting on Sept. 26 that will allow the public to weigh in on the agency plan to dewater the meadows surrounding Crowley Lake. Photo submitted" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power recently announced it will be doing an Environmental Impact Report under federal law, which is a review of the possible impacts that will arise from its proposal to remove irrigation water from about 6,400 acres of irrigated meadowlands surrounding Cr</p></div></div></div>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:22:05 +0000editor58070 at https://mammothtimes.comWildfire Closes Section of June Lake Loophttps://mammothtimes.com/content/wildfire-closes-section-june-lake-loop
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) would like to inform the traveling public that State Route 158N is closed to through traffic from Grant Lake to Parker Road (postmile 11.1-14.4) due to a wildfire.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:19:44 +0000editor58069 at https://mammothtimes.comSome Boot Fire Areas Reopen; Hunting Season Gets Underwayhttps://mammothtimes.com/content/some-boot-fire-areas-reopen-hunting-season-gets-underway
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG9503121.jpg?itok=NDWaBh-e"><a href="/content/some-boot-fire-areas-reopen-hunting-season-gets-underway"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG9503121.jpg?itok=NDWaBh-e" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The Boot Fire started late last week near Chris Flat Campground in the Walker River Canyon and is not about 98 percent contained. Areas surrounding the fire area are beginning to reopen again this week, as of today, Sept. 14. Photo submitted" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>With the increased containment of the Boot Fire, the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is now able to reopen some of the closed area on the Bridgeport Ranger District, according to a news release today, Sept. 14.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:41:37 +0000editor58068 at https://mammothtimes.comBoot Fire Now at 78 Percent Contained on Sept. 12https://mammothtimes.com/content/boot-fire-now-78-percent-contained-sept-12
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Marines%20at%20Memorial%20Hall%209-5-18.jpg?itok=Cbq9i2YG"><a href="/content/boot-fire-now-78-percent-contained-sept-12"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Marines%20at%20Memorial%20Hall%209-5-18.jpg?itok=Cbq9i2YG" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The Boot Fire has created a tense situation in Northern Mono County and even triggered the evacuations of the Marine Corp Mountain Warfare Training Base near the Sonora Pass junction with 395 north of Bridgeport. Here, Marines evacuated from the base crowd into Bridgeport&#039;s Memorial Hall late last week. Photo by Dave Butters" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Firefighters are making steady progress containing the Boot Fire and it is now at 6,974 acres and 76 percent contained. Hose lays and other water delivery systems are helping firefighters aggressively complete containment and repair work, according fire officials.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:06:56 +0000editor58066 at https://mammothtimes.comReds Meadow Shuttle Shifts To Weekends Only; Road Closes Oct. 9https://mammothtimes.com/content/reds-meadow-shuttle-shifts-weekends-only-road-closes-oct-9
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_1497.jpg?itok=DzqlB-MZ"><a href="/content/reds-meadow-shuttle-shifts-weekends-only-road-closes-oct-9"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_1497.jpg?itok=DzqlB-MZ" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="Reds Meadow Road is the gateway to places like this, near Davis Lake. The Reds daily shuttle ends tomorrow, Sept. 6 but a weekend shuttle will be in pace until Reds Meadow Road closes Oct. 9 for the season. Photo by Wendilyn Grasseschi" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>
Beginning Thursday, Sept. 6, the mandatory Reds Meadow Shuttle from the Adventure Center at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area through the Reds Meadow Valley will end its daily service.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:58:07 +0000editor58065 at https://mammothtimes.comNew Fire Near Sonora Pass Junction Closes U.S. 395; Grows to 3,000-Plus-Acreshttps://mammothtimes.com/content/new-fire-near-sonora-pass-junction-closes-us-395-grows-3000-plus-acres
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG955540.jpg?itok=s57SOKem"><a href="/content/new-fire-near-sonora-pass-junction-closes-us-395-grows-3000-plus-acres"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG955540.jpg?itok=s57SOKem" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The Boot Fire was at 3,000 acres as of the afternoon of Sept. 5 and zero percent contained, with U.S. 395 closed between Bridgeport and Eastside Lane in Walker. Photo submitted. " /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>
A new fire ignited in the Walker River Canyon the afternoon of Sept. 4, growing to 3,000 acres in less than 24 hours and closing U.S. 395 in both directions much of Tuesday and into Wednesday afternoon when the Times went to press.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:51:57 +0000editor58063 at https://mammothtimes.comLions Fire Meetings Today/Questions Answeredhttps://mammothtimes.com/content/lions-fire-meetings-todayquestions-answered
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_0794.JPG?itok=QluOUpUC"><a href="/content/lions-fire-meetings-todayquestions-answered"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/IMG_0794.JPG?itok=QluOUpUC" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The Lions Fire on a day last week when it grew a few hundred acres. Today, Aug. 27, at 10:30 am, the sky above the fire is clear and blue. Photo by Stacey Powells" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There will be a fire information person available to talk to residents and anyone else interested in the Lions Fire today at various times in the area. Here is more on when and where:</p></div></div></div>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:55:28 +0000editor58061 at https://mammothtimes.comMono Will Sue DWP This Weekhttps://mammothtimes.com/content/mono-will-sue-dwp-week
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/DSC09047.JPG?itok=BSukRD8X"><a href="/content/mono-will-sue-dwp-week"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/DSC09047.JPG?itok=BSukRD8X" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The normally green meadows surrounding much of Crowley Lake have taken a beating this summer and are now turning brown as DWP withdraws much of the irrigation water that has kept the pastureland green for 70 years. Photo by Wendilyn Grasseschi" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Words of collaboration and expressions of neighborliness between Mono County and the Department of Water and Power gave way this week to legal action as Mono County prepared to file a lawsuit against the water agency.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:52:08 +0000editor58059 at https://mammothtimes.comDramatic Rescue on Mt Ritter: Woman Survives 100' Fallhttps://mammothtimes.com/content/dramatic-rescue-mt-ritter-woman-survives-100-fall
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Mount%20Ritter%202%20.jpg?itok=dv0TpUdh"><a href="/content/dramatic-rescue-mt-ritter-woman-survives-100-fall"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Mount%20Ritter%202%20.jpg?itok=dv0TpUdh" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="Mono County Search and Rescue teams do a high elevation extraction of a woman injured after falling in the Mt Ritter area Aug. 12. Photo by Mono County SAR" /></a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Mount%20Ritter%203.jpg?itok=JzdzpAZP"><a href="/content/dramatic-rescue-mt-ritter-woman-survives-100-fall"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mammothtimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article200x125/public/field/image/Mount%20Ritter%203.jpg?itok=JzdzpAZP" width="200" height="125" alt="" title="The scene at 12,220 feet as the SAR team tries to get an injured woman safely out of the backcountry. Photo submitted by SAR" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On Aug. 12 at approximately 12:13 p.m., Mono County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was contacted by a pair of hikers in the Mount Ritter area.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:51:03 +0000editor58058 at https://mammothtimes.com